Pulmonary vent imaging at Southern Ocean Medical Center

1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1831601590

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$439.15

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,085.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$195.30 with CLOVER vs $1,021.05 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $195.30 ↓ -56%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $200.73 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $222.43 ↓ -49%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $240.68 ↓ -45%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $244.84 ↓ -44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $282.06 ↓ -36%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $318.78 ↓ -27%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $439.15 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.15 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $439.15 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.15 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $461.11 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $478.68 ↑ +9%
AETNA HMO $526.66 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $526.66 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $526.98 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $586.99 ↑ +34%
CIGNA PPO $595.65 ↑ +36%
CIGNA HMO $595.65 ↑ +36%
HORIZON PIP $706.34 ↑ +61%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $729.01 ↑ +66%
HORIZON OMNIA $783.48 ↑ +78%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $813.75 ↑ +85%
AETNA ASA $849.56 ↑ +93%
CIGNA BH $868.00 ↑ +98%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $922.25 ↑ +110%
HORIZON SHP $931.36 ↑ +112%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $965.65 ↑ +120%
HORIZON HMO $966.30 ↑ +120%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $976.50 ↑ +122%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $985.18 ↑ +124%
QUALCARE HMO $985.18 ↑ +124%
QUALCARE PPO $985.18 ↑ +124%
HORIZON PPO $991.91 ↑ +126%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +133%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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